POLI-315 American Presidency: Main Course Readings

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The American Presidency: Origins and Development 1776-2021, by Sidney Milkis and Michael Nelson. CQ Press, 9th edition.

 

Nelson, M. (2020). The Presidency and the Political System. (12th ed.). CQ Press.

 

Ellis, R. J., & Nelson, M. (2020). Debating the Presidency : Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive. (5th ed.). CQ Press.

 

Aberbach, Joel D. and Mark A. Petterson. Eds. 2005. The Executive Branch. Oxford Univ. Press 

 

Barber, J. D., & Routledge. (2020). The presidential character : predicting performance in the White House (Fifth edition.). Routledge.

 

Bond, J. R. (1990). The president in the legislative arena. University of Chicago Press.

 

Brody, R. A. (1991). Assessing the president: the media, elite opinion, and public support. Stanford University Press.

 

Burke, J. P. (2000). The institutional presidency: organizing and managing the White House from FDR to Clinton (2nd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press.

 

Cameron, C. M. (Charles M. (2000). Veto bargaining : presidents and the politics of negative power. Cambridge University Press.

 

Ceaser, J. W., & Princeton University Press. Wydawca. (1980). Presidential Selection Theory and Development (Second printing.). Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691215907

 

Chubb, J. E., & Peterson, P. E. (Eds.). (1985). The New direction in American politics. The Brookings Institution.

 

Cohen, J. E. (1997). Presidential responsiveness and public policy-making : the public and the policies that presidents choose. University of Michigan Press.

 

Corwin, Edwin 1984. The Presidency: Office and Powers. New York: NY University Press

 

Edwards, G. C. (2003). On deaf Ears : the limits of the bully pulpit (1st ed.). Yale University Press. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300133622

 

Edwards, G. C., & National Science Foundation. (1993). Researching the presidency : vital questions, new approaches (G. C. Edwards, Ed.; First edition.). University of Pittsburgh Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.11249278

 

George, A. L. (1980). Presidential decision making in foreign policy: the effective use of information and advice. Westview Press.

 

Greenstein, F. (1988) Leadership in the modern presidency. Harvard University Press.

 

Greenstein, F. I. (2012). The presidential difference : leadership style from FDR to Barack Obama (Third edition.). Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400833696

 

Hart, J. (1987). The presidential branch (1st ed.). Pergamon Press.

 

Herzik, Eric 1985. “The President, Governors, and Mayors: A Framework for Comparative Analysis,” Presidential Studies Quarterly 15(2): 253-271 

 

Howell, W. G. (2003). Power without persuasion : the politics of direct presidential action. Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400874392

 

Jones, C. O. (2005). The presidency in a separated system (2nd ed.). Brookings Institution Press.

 

Kallenbach, J. E. (1966). The American chief executive: the presidency and the governorship. Harper and Row.

 

Kernell, S. (2007). Going public: new strategies of presidential leadership (4th ed.). CQ Press.

 

Lowi, T. J. (1985). The personal president : power invested, promise unfulfilled. Cornell University Press.

 

Mayer, K. R. (2001). With the stroke of a pen : executive orders and presidential power. Princeton University Press.

 

Milkis, S. M. (1993). The president and the parties: the transformation of the American party system since the New Deal. Oxford University Press.

 

Neustadt, R. E. (1954). Presidency and Legislation: The Growth of Central Clearance. The American Political Science Review, 48(3), 641–671. https://doi.org/10.2307/1951044

 

Pfiffner, J. P. (2008). Power play: the Bush presidency and the Constitution. Brookings Institution Press.

 

Pfiffner and Davidson (2007) Understanding the presidency (4th ed.). Pearson Longman.

 

Pious, R. M. (1979). The American Presidency. Basic Books.

 

Rudalevige, A. (2002). Managing the President’s program: presidential leadership and legislative policy formulation. Princeton University Press.

 

Sabato, Larry J. (1983). Goodbye to Goodtime Charlie: The American Governorship Transformed. Washington, DC: CQ Press

 

Skowronek, S. (1997). The politics presidents make : leadership from john adams to bill clinton. Harvard University Press.

 

Skowronek, S.. (2000). Presidential Leadership in Political Time. In Michael Nelson, ed., The Presidency and the Political System. 6th ed. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press

 

Skowronek, S. (2020). Presidential leadership in political time : reprise and reappraisal (Third edition, revised and expanded.). University Press of Kansas.

 

Schlesinger, A. M. (Arthur M. (2004). The imperial presidency (1st Mariner Books ed.). Houghton Mifflin.

 

Tulis, J. K., & Muirhead, R. (2017). The Rhetorical Presidency : New Edition (New). Princeton University Press,.https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400888368

 

Wildavsky, A. B. (1991). The beleaguered presidency. Routledge.